Thread by @EmporersNewC

I've opened up the UK description of the benefits of the Japan FTA, and the first thing on the list looks very much like the UK signed away rights that the EU recognised and protected.

I'll have to wait to see the text, but it's almost guaranteed.

They were part of the provisions Japan brought to the EU.

I don't see them being a good thing or a bad thing, but as with the way they present CPTPP, they are jumping up and down and not really explaining the facts.

I personally understand the rights that were being protected and what the UK had undoubtedly sold out, and I don't personally care. It's not a biggie.

But "Cutting-edge digital & data provisions that go far beyond the EU-Japan deal." not only makes a mountain out of a mole hill, but it doesn't explain what the impact to people who might care about the personal data.

Now we wait for the text, and I have no doubt that is what I'll be saying about it.

/End